Man sentenced to death for killing CoU student, her mother

A court here today sentenced a man to death and fined him Taka 3 lakh for killing a student of Comilla University (Cou) and her mother after raping the student.

The court convicted the accused, Mobarak Hossain, of raping and killing the girl and murdering her mother after she witnessed the incident.

Judge Yasir Arafat of the Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced the verdict this afternoon.

The judgment came just three months after the charge sheet was submitted in the double murder case.

Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) Abdul Motaleb Majumder confirmed the verdict and said the court recorded testimonies of 15 witnesses during the trial. The accused also confessed to his involvement in the murders before the court.

As Mobarak had no lawyer to defend him, the court appointed a lawyer to ensure a fair trial. The appointed lawyer cross-examined the witnesses on behalf of the accused, he added.

After examining the evidence and the accused's confessional statement, the court delivered the verdict.

According to the prosecution, Mobarak first raped the student. When her mother witnessed the incident, he smothered her with a pillow and subsequently killed the student as well.

According to court sources, police recovered the bodies of the mother and daughter from a rented house in Kalijuri area of Cumilla city on the morning of September 8, 2025.

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